I know a lot of people are worried about it, but I don’t think Trump’s going soft as a result of nearly being killed by an assassin’s bullet at his Pennsylvania rally in July of 2024. Instead, I understand that look of peace he has.  People on a mission often have a lack of worry once they realize they are covered with help over something critical, such as a life obligation.  Trump has been on a mission while he still has time on the clock in years to get back into the White House to save America from what we now know is a full-on communist invasion.  Democrats have called it other things, but there are a lot of hostile forces out there trying to destroy America, and Trump is one of those unique people who have built his life in a certain way to help it, and he’s been in a race to get through these years of government-imposed exile to perform the task.  And I do not doubt that in the back of his mind, all this time, he had been thinking of an overt assassination attempt, as he just experienced.  You go to all these significant public events and wonder who might ever try such a thing, so until it happens, you don’t know what you would do or react to it.  The killer was a kid, Thomas Matthew Crooks and there are all kinds of problems with him and the incident itself that deserve a lot of time and thought.  But from Trump’s point of view, a killer attempted and missed.  There were other innocent people killed and harmed, but it could have been a lot worse.  And as for Trump, he lived through it and could fight another day.  And that brings to mind a sense of peace on his face. 

I am speaking from experience when I say I noticed it, too, especially at the Republican National Convention leading up to his first speech since the assassination attempt.  I don’t think Trump had suddenly become soft and full of love. Instead, I think his personality just added a few new gears.  God was obviously on his side, and when you go through something like this, it relieves your mind to know that Divine Providence has your back.  Trump’s incident occurred on a big stage with the world watching, but I’ve had similar things happen, and it is quite a good feeling to know that when someone intends to kill you, you survive despite all their hard-laid plans.  If Trump had not turned his head ever so slightly at just the right moment, the killer would have had a headshot directly in the side that would have been devastating.  Some people afraid of everything that might happen next tend to get rattled in those moments in the aftermath, thinking of what might have been.  However, the look on Trump’s face is much different from that.  It’s the relief of knowing that God has your back even when the bad guys plan your menace.  Just because people intend to harm you doesn’t mean they will be successful.  And at this point, after all that Trump has been through, he now has very ostentatious confirmation that God is going to save him from unnecessary pain and suffering.  What pain he does have to go through is necessary for the task at hand.  But an inglorious end to his life’s pursuits, which many about to hit his 80s would naturally reflect on, is something that God will spare him from.  And that is a good feeling when you experience it. 

My comments on the behavior of Trump himself right after the shot were well told at the RNC convention during his speech.  It was quite an extraordinary experience that nobody in the world has ever witnessed. To have a president on the scale of Trump speaking to such a large crowd just a few days after a bullet nearly killed him live on national television was remarkable.  I kept thinking of when Reagan was shot.  I also thought a lot about the stories of when Teddy Roosevelt was shot during a speech but continued for another hour before seeking treatment.  Trump’s instincts at that moment when he was shot in the head, and there was blood everywhere, for him to stand up and pump his fist in the air the way he did, really not knowing what was going to happen next was extraordinary.  He knew he had been shot and that he might be dead within a few seconds.  But he wanted his shoes and to let the crowd know that he was defiant to the end.  And what we ended up with was the most iconic images the world has ever seen.  It was undoubtedly a gift given to him as a reward for the courage he had displayed through the most challenging times in his life with all that Democrats had thrown at him to keep him from ever speaking at another Republican National Convention.  It had the feeling of a “what if” scenario where Kennedy’s assassination seemed almost to be reversed.  The psychological trauma that the world experienced with that CIA-led endeavor seemed to be undone with this attempt against Trump.  A dark period of communism in America and around the globe was being dismantled through a miracle witnessed by the world, all at the same time, for the first time in all history.  And Trump’s reaction to it, with a bloody face and all, was to pump defiance to the sky and yell, “Fight!”

There are many good things to come, but for him, and he seems to know this, the greatest thing that ever happened to him just happened to him.  He survived in the face of great terror, and his natural reaction was to lead people through the horrible occurrence.  And that is a monkey off his back that few people will ever understand.  And when you show such great courage under pressure and live, it is the best feeling in the world.  It is confirmation that there is a God and that you have a partner in Heaven who does step in when it counts most.  Especially when you get up in age and wonder if there is a God and what happens after life is done, what’s the point?  The Divine Providence that Trump experienced on international television did the opposite of what was intended.  It was a great climax to a long, torturous process that showed the world a miracle they all needed to see.  And Trump dared to be the vehicle for its display.  Sure, some assassins will try again.  But like most things, once you survive such an occasion, you can trust that God has your back for all others, which puts your mind at ease, which is what I see on Trump’s face.  He is a bigger person than he was before.  And that comes from a person who had pushed himself to be as big as he could get without the powers of Heaven spilling over into reality in such magnificent ways.  Surviving that day confirmed that God loves what he is doing and wants America to survive into the future.  That Divine Providence is genuine, not just some hope from the hopeless masses who are cleaving to a higher power because they were too lazy to fight for what’s right otherwise.  Here was a miracle, as the Bible often tells.  And we saw it all together live through a character we have come to know well, who carried the world on his back for the salvation of the human race, wherever they reside. 

Rich Hoffman

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